Employment-based health insurance and the effectiveness of intrafirm competition between insurance providers

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1012-1031

  Bradford, W David ^a   Mobley, Lee Rivers ^b  

^a Dept of Hlth Admin and Policy ^*  (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 2442597164     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135285     Document Type: Article

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